"There is a problem.
When we started the first pre-screening of this age group of children (6-11 years old. -
RT
), then there are simply no children negative for antibodies to COVID-19 in this age group.
Because this is now the background in this population of children in terms of antibodies.
It is impossible to find those who have not experienced the coronavirus.
There were ideas to look for them somewhere far away from Moscow, from big cities, but, you know, organizationally this is simply unrealistic, ”Interfax quotes Gunzburg.
Because of this, scientists had to make changes to the clinical trial protocol.
“Therefore, we are now urgently submitting an amendment to our protocol, I hope we will quickly be given permission that the lower limit for antibodies will not be zero, but at least 100 international units of BAU,” he said.
On January 31, Gunzburg announced that in 18-20 days Russia will begin enrolling children aged 6-11 to study a vaccine against COVID-19.
In January, he announced the need to vaccinate 70-80% of children against coronavirus.
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